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As you may already know, Erik and many others have been training to be a firing member of the US Palma Team over the last several years. Having officially reached that goal, this skilled group of shooters are now tasked with the great honor of representing the United States at the 2019 Long Range Championships in New Zealand! This is an expensive trip, and due to a lack of funding from the NRA, the team is now left with a great financial burden…

2018 marks the 150thanniversary of the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association. The DCRA is Canada’s sanctioning body for many competitive shooting disciplines, including Target Rifle and F-Class. Every year, the Connaught range hosts the Canadian Fullbore Championship, which is the Canadian equivalent of the US NRA’s Long Range Nationals…

2018 F-Class America Match: The America Match is fired every two years at the Connaught Rifle Range in Ottawa, Canada. The teams consist of 4 F-TR shooters and 4 F-Open shooters. Two wind coaches on each team will each run a shooter at the same time. The wind coaches are wired to each other and a back coach so there is a lot of talking going on. As a shooter…

I was somewhat surprised to see all the congratulatory well wishes on my making the President’s Hundred before I even got home. Perhaps though, we should start at the beginning of the story. This years National’s got off to a rocky start. With a last minute cancelation…

For the last 19 years, Winnequah Gun Club has hosted the annual Midwest Palma Championship on the week immediately following Father’s Day. 2018 was no exception, as 89 sling and F-Class shooters from all over the USA converged on Lodi, Wisconsin for one of the biggest in best Long Range…

A group of dedicated athletes from across the United States gathered at the Minneapolis Rifle Club (MRC) range to test their skill on the 300 Meter International target. For those you who did not know, MRC hosted the 2018 300 Meter National Matches at its range in…

The Minneapolis Rifle Club and Northwestern Gun Club were founded over 75 years ago to help Minnesota Shooters compete in National and International Competition. MRC has fielded several shooters that have gone to the Olympics and World Championships for 300 Meter and…

When we last talked winter was rapidly approaching and I was waiting for my new adjustable gas block from Compass Lake. The block arrived a few days after report #1 was submitted but winter was upon us so further testing was ended. The adjustable gas block was installed and about 10 rounds…